Combing the blogs: Is Sonny Dykes the next Cal football coach?

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JEFF FARAUDO, college reporter for the Contra Costa Times, on Cal football coaching vacancy:

 The chatter coming out of Ruston, La., is that Louisiana Tech's Sonny Dykes has perhaps met with Cal about the Bears' coaching job, maybe been offered a job.

And some or all of it may be true. But we have no firm confirmation.

Neither Dykes' father, former Texas Tech coach Spike Dykes, nor his wife was willing or able to confirm any of it Saturday afternoon.

The rumors seemed to take on a bit more credence in the wake of North Carolina State hiring Northern Illnois' Dave Doeren as its new coach. Dykes, whose Bulldogs lead the nation in scoring, was known to have interviewed late this week with N.C. State, before the school quickly changed gears on Friday.